Wine and Beer Enthusiasts

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Recently tried a new beer (for me) at a local pub. A Belgian beer called "Cornet":

Cornet Bier

Didn't really warm to it, it uses oak chips during the brewing process and yes I like (though drink infrequently) whiskey the taste of the beer didn't work for me.

 

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Recently tried a new beer (for me) at a local pub. A Belgian beer called "Cornet":

Cornet Bier

Didn't really warm to it, it uses oak chips during the brewing process and yes I like (though drink infrequently) whiskey the taste of the beer didn't work for me.

Belgium has - or, produces - so many excellent - nay, I would argue superb - beers, that I doubt whether such experimentation is even necessary with their superlative brewing tradition and history.

 

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A sole, single, solitary Belgian beer (St Bernardus Pater 6) was greatly enjoyed with dinner (a Belgian dish, written about in the dinner thread) this evening, and I am just about finishing it, as I write.

 

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Sipping (and savouring) a Westmalle dubbel, an excellent interpretation of the classic Belgian Trappist tradition.

 

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Enjoyed a Westmalle (a legendary Belgian Trappist beer) dubbel, (or, rather, two of them) tonight.

Served in a Westmalle glass.

Bliss.

 

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Yesterday was a day for paying some bills, and buying some beer, along with some wine.

The wine was straightforward - a few bottles of Chablis 1er Cru, and a couple bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Today, I spotted a few bottles of Montrachet - a few of them might make their way into a shopping basket....

As for beer: This was a haul confined to the Trappist splendours produced by Belgium (Trappistes Rochefort 8, St Bernardus 6, and Westmalle Dubbel), and Germany: Some of the delights of the Weihenstephaner brewery in Bavaria, were purchased: These comprised the superb Korbinian, (twelve bottles rather than my more usual six), Hefeweissbier Dunkel, and the classic Helles.

The lot were delivered by the owner this morning.